Tuesday, December 1, 2015

2016 TBR Pile Reading Challenge Guidelines and Sign Ups!

Bookish Lifestyle's 5th Annual TBR Pile Reading Challenge!

We all
have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us. Then we
put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting
for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up.

Join
us on a quest to dust off your TBR Pile and read all the books you've
been telling yourself you'll read next time you'll get a chance. This is
your chance!

Challenge Guidelines

The challenged will run from January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016. The sign up link below will remain open until November 30, 2016 at 12:00pm.

Anyone can enter!You don't have to be a blogger, just as long as you review the book
you've read. You can review on your book on your blog, Amazon, Barnes
& Noble, Goodreads, etc.

Any
genre, length, or format of book counts as long as it is a book that's
been sitting on your self for some time. Short stories and novellas do
count! The only stipulations that the book must have been released in 2015 or earlier.No 2016 ARCs or 2016 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed.

On the last Monday of every other month(see schedule below), we will post a wrap-up for
the previous two months. These posts will be done by one our bloggers
and will contain new linky for you to add your own wrap-up posts or reviews.

You don't have to follow Bookish to join the challenge, but you do have to follow us to be entered in the giveaways.

Use #2016TBRPile to keep in contact with fellow challenge participants, to encourage each other on, and make new friends!

How many books are you planning to read for this challenge?

1-10 A Firm Handshake

11-20 A Friendly Hug

21-30 First Kiss

31-40 Sweet Summer Fling

41-50 Could This Be Love?

50+ Married with Children

TBR Pile Book Club

To help you tackle your TBR piles we will also be hosting discussion postson months that do not have wrap-ups.

Unlike last year, these posts will only be hosted once at the end of the month. We will post a poll in the middle of the a corresponding month, followed by the winning title two weeks later, and the discussion post at the end of the next month. (See the schedule below for any clarification.) Hopefully this will give everyone time to obtain the book, whether through purchasing or borrowing, and read it in time to join us!

Please note: You do not
have to take part in our TBR Pile Book Club to participate in the TBR Pile
Challenge. You can participate in all of them, some of them, or none of
them. This aspect of the challenge is entirely optional.

Schedule

Subject to change, but be sure to check back here as links will be updated once posts go live!

So how do I join?

Write a post about joining the 2016 TBR Pile Reading Challenge on your blog. If you don't have a blog, post about it on Facebook or tweet about it via Twitter. Link up in the linky below using the link to your post/tweet.

In your post, don't forget to include the button/banner,
link back to our sign up page, the level you are aiming for, and - if
you want - a list of books you're hoping to read for the challenge.

Place the challenge button in your sidebar (please use the grab link at the bottom of the post) if that's your thing.

That's it! You're done! Welcome to the challenge, stay tuned for lots of fun! And most importantly, good luck with tackling your TBR Pile!

If some of the details are unclear,
please don't hesitate to ask us for explanation! You can leave your
question in the comments below. If we don't respond in a timely manner,
feel free to tweet Andrea @beutybutfunygrl and she'll be sure to get back to you soon!